33 quotes found
“I remembered Patels words, Surrender is not giving up, it is worship. Show me how to step, I said, so that it pleases you. Make me one with you and also this land. Be with me.”
“There is too much at stake for us to surrender to the politics of polarization.”
“Always say yes to the present moment. What could be more futile, more insane, than to create inner resistance to what already is? what could be more insane than to oppose life itself, which is now ...”
“TRIPPING OVER JOYWhat is the differenceBetween your experience of ExistenceAnd that of a saint?The saint knowsThat the spiritual pathIs a sublime chess game with GodAnd that the BelovedHas just mad...”
“Go home, and let all your relatives off the potter's wheel. You are not the potter!”
“It's healthy to say uncle when your bone's about to break.”
“The proper good of a creature is to surrender itself to its Creatorto enact intellectually, volitionally, and emotionally, that relationship which is given in the mere fact of its being a creature....”
“Listen through your screams to the wind still whispering: Don't give up -- Surrender!”
“Oh, the sweetness of giving in, of full surrender.”
“The pain of being in the stress and anxiety of control and fear must reach a point where you dont want to feel it anymore and then you are ready to truly surrender and let go.”
“Beware of surrender that is motivated by personal benefits that may result.”
“Our ordinary and reasonable service to God may actually compete against our total surrender to Him.”
“Gaining heaven, being delivered from sin, and being made useful to God are things that should never even be a consideration in real surrender.”
“Surrendering to God is not passive resignation, fatalism, or an excuse for laziness.”
“God cannot deliver me while my interest is merely in my own character. Paul was not conscious of himself. He was recklessly abandoned, totally surrendered, and separated by God for one purpose--to ...”
“This total surrender to 'the love of Christ' is the only thing that will bear fruit in your life. And it will always leave the mark of God's holiness and His power, never drawing attention to your ...”
“To be surrendered to God is of more value than our personal holiness.”
“Remember, truth cannot be conquered. One has to surrender to truth, one has to be conquered by truth.”
“When wecompletely surrender to Him then our thoughts begin to change.”
“Sometimes it is no great shame to give in, even to despair, provided that it is just for a little while. Sometimes a little surrender is good for the soul.”
